Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.
Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.
All go free when multitudes offend.
As far as the earth is from the stars, and fire from the sea, so is the useful from the right. Power over men perishes completely if justice begins to be observed, and respect for individual rights overcomes strongholds.
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter.